It is monday october 5th, this is Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc well, good morning, afternoon and good evening and welcome from where ever in the world you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan i hope that youre having a good start to your week where ever you may be its a very light data and earnings week on wall street that wouldnt matter much anyway all the attention and focus of the Financial Markets remain firmly on President Trump and the first lady and their help as well thats the key question on wall street right now the help of the president. So that is where were going to have our focus and futures, they are higher by about 141 points the polls right now have swung wildly in joe bidens direction and agree or disagree with the validity of polls and their accuracy, investors see reduced chances of the possibility of a contested election which as we have shown you can send stocks sliding. Theres also more hope for another round of stimulus perhaps closer to the 2 trillion nu
What is affecting the markets, especially when it comes to economic concerns. Lets see how markets are shaping up for the asian session. We are joined from hong kong. Isshery, the spreading japan off for the long weekend, which was to mark the start of the tokyo olympics. We are seeing futures for asia pointing to losses. We will be watching to see if those concerns around the u. S. Tech rally will weigh in the region, what the nasdaq looking bubbly. We are also looking to the aussie dollar, holding declines below 71. Is trading atlar the highest level since april 2019 throughout this choppy week. Pulling up the terminal, the asiana is tracking towards 77 after a four month decline, but it has not been able to track to that level yet. Increased option activity this week could lead the way for more gains for this currency pair. In hong kong dollar and offshore yuan options. Yuane seeing offshore taking a breather after a twoday advance. Traders dont seem to be expecting too much Materia
To fight, to want to get pepper sprayed down. I will fight for my people by any means necessary. Reporter monahan says he believes the vast majority of people causing trouble are coming from outside new york. We have a lot of encouragement from outside agitators telling people to go out and cause mayhem in the city. Using i think this movement for an agenda to end policing throughout the country and thats the agenda. Reporter you say end policing . All the signs you see is defund policing, no more police. Reporter as monahan watched things unfold from the ground, deputy chief edward ma lane had a different view. From survey langasque cameras feeding into a command center in police headquarters. This is mob mentality. This is not peaceful protest trying to right injustice. Reporter these people walking down the street peacefully, thats not mob mentality. We dont like people walking down the middle of the street. We want the rights of everyone toe drive in manhattan. Reporter they believ
George floyd. Both say he was killed at the hands of police. But they differ on key details. What these reports mean for the investigation. And behind the blue line. As the nypd faces scrutiny for its response to protests, we tag along and ask some tough questions about race and policing. First, heres todays eyeopener. Your world in 90 seconds. I am your president of law and order. And an ally of all Peaceful Protesters. While he was speaking in the white house rose garden, Peaceful Protesters outside the gates were being dispersed with tear gas, flash grenades, and rubber bullets, because they wanted to clear the way for the president to pose with a bible in front of a nearby church. Keep it nice and safe. The president seems to think that dominating black people, dominating Peaceful Protesters is law and order. Its not. He calls them thugs. Who is the thug here . We want it to stop. We are tired of seeing our people hurt. We dont want to see that no more. An edge after Peaceful Demon
Plus, Hurricane Dorian, a massive storm churning in the atlantic with the bahamas in the cross hairs. Dorian has just been upgraded to a category 5 hurricane. The latest forecast coming up. But lets begin with the mass shooting in west texas. This one played out after miles and miles of a routine traffic stop. The gunman went on a rampage between the texas cities of midland and odessa. Garrett is in odessa with the latest. Good morning. Were learning more about the victims of the terrible shooting. One of them a local high school student. The other a little girl just 17 months old. What we dont know much about is the shooter. Police have not released his motive or his name but they say the threat here is now over and the investigation is fully underway. Theres an active shooter. A traffic stop turned deadly. The shooting right there. At 3 25 p. M. Authorities say state troopers stopped a gold vehicle on the highway and the driver began shooting out the back window with a rifle wounding